Dir. Talent Acquisition & People Growth
Greensboro, NC, US, 27409
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Position Summary
We’re looking for an experienced, forward-thinking HR leader to serve as our Director of Talent Acquisition & People Growth at our U.S. headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. In this strategic role, you’ll shape an integrated talent agenda spanning talent acquisition, talent management, employer branding, early careers/university relations, workforce planning and analytics, and inclusion ensuring our U.S. business has the skills, leadership, and capabilities to meet today’s priorities and tomorrow’s workforce challenges.
What you will do
- Lead the transformation of Talent Acquisition and Talent Management ways of working across the U.S., evolving operating models, governance, processes, and team capabilities to deliver agile, insight-led talent outcomes aligned to business strategy.
- Own the end-to-end U.S. talent strategy across Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Employer Branding, Early Careers, and Inclusion.
- Partner with People & Culture leaders and global talent teams to deliver integrated solutions that build organizational capability, strengthen leadership pipelines, and enhance candidate and employee experience.
- Simplify, standardize, modernize, and continuously improve TA/TM processes in collaboration with internal stakeholders, ensuring global alignment and local relevance.
- Establish feedback loops and use analytics/experience measures to improve outcomes and measure impact.
Talent Acquisition
• Oversee end-to-end hiring execution and experience, including interview governance, recruiter capability building, vendor strategy, and systems optimization.
• Ensure compliance and risk readiness across talent acquisition and people practices, partnering with Legal, Finance, and Audit to uphold employment law, internal standards, and audit/disclosure requirements.
Talent Management & Capability Development
• Support and oversee the full U.S. talent lifecycle, including onboarding, internal mobility, talent reviews, succession, and leadership/capability development.
• Translate enterprise and functional priorities into actionable workforce plans, recruiting strategies, and internal talent movement to build durable pipelines and reduce time-to-capability.
Workforce Planning & Talent Analytics
• Provide real-time talent market intelligence and predictive workforce insights to inform executive decisions, prioritize critical roles/capabilities, and optimize hiring investments across corporate and operational environments.
• Define and use KPIs/analytics to measure impact and continuously improve outcomes.
Inclusion
• Co-anchor the US employee engagement and inclusion strategy with the Head of Governance and Transformation, including goals, initiatives and measures of success.
• Establish and oversee inclusion governance (e.g., Inclusion Council) and partner with Employee Resources Groups/line-of-business councils to advance engagement and alignment.
• Coach leaders and teams to embed inclusion in management practices, talent decisions, and day-to-day ways of working.
• Partner with internal and external communities to strengthen inclusive attraction, retention, and advancement.
• Monitor external best practices and evolve programs, learning solutions, and metrics; manage the annual inclusion budget.
Team Leadership & Collaboration
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing multidisciplinary team; build a culture of accountability, belonging, continuous improvement, and measurable impact.
• Foster continuous learning and innovation across the talent function.
• Influence and partner with senior business leaders and People & Culture leaders in a complex, matrixed environment.
What you will bring
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition and/or Talent Management, with significant leadership responsibility.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field (Master’s preferred) or equivalent experience.
- Experience leading enterprise-scale TA strategies in large, complex, matrixed organizations (ideally across corporate and operational/industrial hiring populations).
- Strong knowledge of modern recruiting/selection practices: sourcing, structured assessment, recruiting technology, and data-driven process optimization.
- Proven ability to lead transformation and change, redesigning operating models and improving speed, quality, and stakeholder outcomes.
- Solid understanding of HR processes across the full employee lifecycle (onboarding, mobility, talent reviews, succession).
- Strong business acumen, executive presence, and the ability to influence across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and written/presentation skills; comfortable operating with ambiguity.
- Working knowledge of U.S. employment law and compliance, with a consistent track record of integrity, ethics, and confidentiality.
Travel: Open to travel as needed (>20%)
Ready for the next move?
Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Group People & Culture, a part of Volvo Group, we create the foundation and frameworks for people growth and organizational development, to drive the people agenda that enables the realization of the Volvo Group aspirations through people strategy and commitment. You will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other and embrace change to stay ahead.
Nearest Major Market: Greensboro